Use of php_value in .htaccess is not working

Hello Everyone, I am running Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 2.1 (Panama). Originally I was using the Red Hat PHP package. This package was not the most current version so I removed it and compiled PHP 4.3.3. Since doing this I am unable to set things like path using php_value in a .htaccess file. The apache config is the same Red Hat default that is in use on other boxes that are not having this problem. The only difference between this box and boxes without the issue is the fact that I compiled the 4.3.3 rather than going with the Red hat package. The configure options I used are below. I can do non-PHP things with the .htacess file like setup basic authentication from a password file, so I know the .htaccess files are being parsed. Also Apache is unchanged from when this was not an issue. The only thing changed is the removal of the old PHP install and re-install with 4.3.3. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, JR ----- John Rudnick RHCE #808003122507415 MySQL Certification #206067847 SallyJo, Inc., provides Top Notch Web Hosting & Programming! Ask me about Dedicated Hosting starting at just $89 per month. ./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --include dir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/libexec --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --prefix=/usr --with-config-file-path=/etc --enable-force-cgi-redirect --disable-debug --enable-pic --disable-rpath --enable-inline-optimization --with-bz2 --with-db3 --with-exec-dir=/usr/bin --with-freetype-dir=/usr --with-png-dir=/usr --with-gd --enable-gd-native-ttf --with-ttf --with-gdbm --with-gettext --with-ncurses --with-gmp --with-iconv --with-jpeg-dir=/usr --with-mm --with-openssl --with-png --with-regex=system --with-xml --with-expat-dir=/usr --with-zlib --with-layout=GNU --enable-bcmath --enable-debugger --enable-exif --enable-ftp --with-pear=/usr/share/pear --enable-magic-quotes --enable-safe-mode --enable-sockets --enable-sysvsem --enable-sysvshm --enable-discard-path --enable-track-vars --enable-trans-sid --enable-yp --enable-wddx --without-oci8 --with-mysql --enable-memory-limit --enable-bcmath --enable-shmop --enable-versioning --enable-calendar --enable-dbx --enable-dio --enable-mbstring --enable-mbstr-enc-trans --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs